Wow. Sorry it’s taking me so long to do these market posts. It’s been a really busy week here. I just got back late last night/early this morning from a quick trip to help TheSecondChild move. He has about 3 weeks until his new apartment is ready, so we moved him into a storage unit and he’s now homeless. ;-) Fortunately he has a few good friends to help him out. But, now I’m all tuckered out. And sore! He was in a third floor apartment and all that up and down stairs a bajillion times was painful.
Anyway, I’ll be off again for a work trip tonight, so here are some booth photos to hold you over until I return. ‘Cause I’m sure you’ll just be sitting around waiting LOL. I think I saw more booths this time than previous markets — I finally learned the secret — I have to get up early and be in there before market officially opens. (Don’t Look Now and Lakehouse are in my previous market post.)
Here’s the big Moda area. All the Moda booths were lucky — right next to the food court.
Here’s that cute little Vanessa in her first ever booth for Moda.
And right next to her, another Moda newbie, Pat Sloan. Pat and Vanessa were always busy whenever I blitzed by on a food run.
Here’s Bonnie and Camille‘s cute booth.
And Oliver and S. I LOVED this booth. The chalkboard half was so clever. Go check out their very cool Sewing Manifesto. Her new patterns are super cute too. For a much better view, go check out the Oliver & S blog.
Sweetwater. They always have great prints.
Basic Grey. Their new line is black and tans. Good for stash building.
Moving right along to a few Westminster designers. Anna Maria Horner.
Amy Butler. (Was there a David Butler booth this time? I don’t remember seeing one.)
Here’s the Alexander Henry booth. I didn’t see new Ghastlies, but they had this great stack of black and white chairs.
Shabby Chic. Their booth is always cute with the shabby streamers.
Here’s the endcap of the Riley Blake booth. Those chevron fabrics are HOT and I saw them in several different places during market. They told me they can’t keep them in stock.
Here’s Carina Gardner‘s cute booth. She’s a new Riley Blake designer. I wish I’d had a picture of her, but this was an early-in-the-morning shot.
Birch Organic Fabrics. They had some cute new prints and I think those quilts on the right make really cute baby quilts.
Here’s Bari J‘s First-Prize Winning both. Very Pretty!
And Julie with all her her new quilts. She’s been a busy girl!
I always look for the Anna Griffin booth. Her fabrics are always so beautiful.
And Sarah Jane. Oh, how I love Sarah Jane and her fabrics. This booth was a big prize winner too. What a lot of work! Go read Sarah Jane’s fun post of their almost quilt market disaster.
Here’s another cute little booth. Suzn Quilts. I thought using chairs to hang quilts was very clever.
And, last, but certainly not least, The Happy Zombie at the Lecein booth. This would be a MUCH better picture if I had managed to capture Monica in her booth.
Ok. That’s enough for now….must run and get ready for the next trip. (I’m getting too old for this — I need to stay home!) Be back soon with market fabric — the best part!
XOXO,
Anna
I think these are the best market pictures Ive seen yet!
Great photos, Anna! Lots of inspiring ideas! I was wondering where you’ve been. Have a safe work trip. :)
Fabulous pictures!
Have a safe trip.
Another great post! Can’t wait to see what fabrics you were able to come with!
Lovely pics. How fun it would be to see it all! Safe travels!
I haven’t had a minute to get my next post up either. So busy! Safe travels to you!
Ah so much inspiration! How do you manage to come home and not start 1001 new projects!?
Looks like we are in for a real treat of some gorgeous fabric lines in the near future!
Great post Ms. Anna – you got around taking those pics. Don’t you just come home wanting to do nothing but sewing – I do – but it never seems to happen. Moving – always fun lol – add stairs – makes it lots more fun :).
hugs – Mrs. Farmhouse
Ohh so good to see things I didn’t see! Have a good business trip!
Delicious fabrics ….. how much did you buy!!
Fantastic photos of fantastic quilts. So motivating.
The other night I just sat and read a year’s worth of your posts. Then I went to bed and had dreams about your family and we were all meeting and shopping in Norway. It was a fun dream compared to lots of mine.
Hugs, Joni
PS My blog is up and active again.
Great recap! Thanks! Love all the photos.
thanks for the Moda tour – what a lot of talent there. Loved seeing the different moods and styles of the designers –
Good golly. How do you stand the goodness of market? I love all this fabric deliciousness and creative inspiration. You are a lucky girl.
More travel? I hope it’s for fun!
Great photos Anna! Wow, so many beautiful quilts! Thanks for sharing and letting us live quilt market vicariously through you. :)
Love all your photos Anna, I bet you had a great time and want to sew non stop instead of travel…
What a great post. Loved every photo and blurb. You get what I want to see. Moving sucks. And this is only part 1 for him. I guess you’ll be going back for part 2? eesh
Loved all the booth pictures. What creativity. I hope you had/have a great business trip. Happy traveling.
That all looks so lovely. Sigh.
so happy we had time to chat for a few minutes this year!!! I missed the booth with the chairs for hangers.. wow that is a very clever idea!
Thanks for the tour! I’m aiming for spring market in Oregon! I’ll be there or be square! ;o) Hold me to it! ;o) Cheers!